I COULDN'T HEAR NOBODY PRAY 
(Traditional)

Fisk University Jubilee Singers - 1918
Wiseman Sextette - 1923
C. & M.A. Gospel Singers & Quintette - 1923
Dixie Jubilee Singers - 1925
Alta Browne & Bertha Powell (with Fats Waller) - 1926
Rigoletto Quartet of Morris Brown University - 1926
Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers - 1926
Cotton Belt Quartet - 1926
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - 1927
The Southernaires - 1939
Eclipse Ally Five - 1946
Patti Page - 1959
Jimmy Witherspoon - 1959
Nat King Cole - 1960
Kathleen Battle & Christopher Parkening - 1990
Willard White - 1991
Joe Williams - 1994
The Fairfield Four - 1996
Barbara Hendricks - 1998
Suzzy & Maggie Roche - 2001
Regina Marie Williams - 2006
June E. Townes - 2006
Bridget A. Bazile - 2008

Also recorded by:
Brooklyn All-Stars; Jubilate Sacred Singers; George Lewis; 
Patrinell Wright; Betty Meade; Bronzemen; Courtney Bryan; 
Wings Over Jordan Choir; Ruby Philogene; Jessye Norman; 
Paramount Jubilee Singers..............and many others. 


 

(Way down yonder by myself)
(And I couldn't hear nobody pray)

Oh Lord, I couldn't hear nobody pray
Couldn't hear nobody pray
Oh, way down yonder by myself
And I couldn't hear nobody pray

Oh Lord, I couldn't hear nobody pray
Couldn't hear nobody pray
Oh, way down yonder by myself
And I couldn't hear nobody pray

In the valley
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
On my knees
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
With my burden
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
And my Saviour
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)

Oh Lord, I couldn't hear nobody pray
Couldn't hear nobody pray
Oh, way down yonder by myself
And I couldn't hear nobody pray

Chilly water
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
In the Jordan
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
Crossin' over
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
Into Canaan
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)

Oh Lord, I couldn't hear nobody pray
I couldn't hear nobody pray
Oh, way down yonder by myself
And I couldn't hear nobody pray

Hallelujuh
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
Troubles over
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
In the Kingdom
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)
With my Jesus
(Couldn't hear nobody pray)

Oh Lord, I couldn't hear nobody pray
I couldn't hear nobody pray
Oh, way down yonder by myself
And I couldn't hear (No, Lord, I couldn't hear)
I couldn't hear (No, Lord, I couldn't hear, Lord)
And I couldn't hear nobody pray
(Couldn't hear nobody pray, nobody)



(Transcribed from the Patti Page
recording by Mel Priddle - Jan 2011)